• Post Office Mural - Okemah OK
    The post office contains a 1941 Section of Fine Arts mural "Grand Council of 1842" painted by Richard West. This work is a work having a rather flat perspective by West depicting the Grand Council of 1842, probably 1843 which was a peace treaty between multiple Indian Tribes and Texas. The treaty was signed in March of 1843 and subsequently a Grand Council of representatives of the Delawares, CAddoes, Wacos, Shawnees, Ionies, Anadarko, Tawakano, Wichitas, and Kichai. The treaty was signed and then completed in September at Bird’s Fort. Richard West was born near the Darlington Agency in Oklahoma, attended the Haskell...